Peter Fonda plays'Heavenly Blues', the first choice of Hell's Angels chapter in Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays with'Loser', '' his best pal. If they both botch their endeavor to recover Loser bike, Loser winds up in a medical facility. Once the Angels bust out him, he expires, and he is buried by them. Nancy Sinatra plays with Mike,'' Blues'"old lady" and Diane Ladd plays with Loser's wife (Dern's reallife wife at the time). The storyline is a buildup to the of the film at which Loser's funeral becomes another party.